Architectural Residential Case Studies
Find inspiration through our property features, showcasing real homes and home improvement projects, filmed & featured by HomeInspire, in partnership with homeowners, architects, and interior designers. Each feature and video tour takes you inside the story of a property transformation, exploring design ideas, materials, and practical insights behind some of the UK’s most inspiring renovation work and home projects.
The Chatterbox: Inside Andy's Contemporary Self-Build on a 14-Acre Farm in Suffolk
Andy bought a derelict 14-acre dairy farm near Southwold at auction in 2015. What followed was a stunning self-build that transformed the central farmyard into a stunning five-bedroom contemporary home: three barn forms, a glass entrance hall framing the Suffolk countryside, a 6.5-metre apex kitchen, a sunken garden, and a ground source heated home that barely announces itself from the road.
Hawley Square: Inside Architect Sam Causer's 200-Year-Old Home & Restoration in Margate.
When Architect Sam Causer bought a crumbling Georgian townhouse in Margate in 2015, it had spent decades as a solicitor's storage facility. What he has done with it since is not, by his own definition, a renovation. Guided by SPAB principles of light-touch conservation, this is the story of a 200-year-old home — and an architect who decided that every layer of its history was worth keeping.
Dacres: Inside an Architect-Designed Sustainable Home on the South Downs, East Sussex
Award-winning architect Duncan Baker Brown returns to the South Downs home he designed a decade ago — a 100% electric, EPC A-rated eco home that began life as a two-bedroom bungalow, and still looks as remarkable as the day it was completed.
Meadowbank: A Contemporary Addition to an Arts and Crafts Home in Manchester by Guy Taylor Associates
Guy Taylor Associates faced one of architecture's most delicate briefs: how do you add something contemporary to a home with this much existing character? The answer, at this Arts and Crafts property in Manchester, is with restraint, precision, and a deep respect for what was already there — producing an extension that feels inevitable rather than imposed.
Bowerdean House, Fulham: A Full Back to Brick Renovation & Extension Project by EMR Architecture.
EMR Architecture took this Fulham terrace all the way back to brick before building it back up — a rigorous, no-shortcuts approach to renovation that's evident in every finished detail. The rear extension adds considered new space without disrupting the character of the original, and the quality of the outcome speaks directly to the discipline of the process.
Victorian Terrace Reimagined: Inside Interior Architect Emily Pun's Beautifully Renovated Home in London
When your profession is interior architecture, your own home is the most honest portfolio piece you'll ever have. Emily Pun's London Victorian terrace is exactly that — a quietly confident renovation where every material choice and spatial decision reflects a designer who knows precisely what she's doing, and why.
Norman Park, Bromley: A Renovation & Extension Project by AURA Architecture & Interiors.
AURA Architecture & Interiors brought their characteristic blend of spatial clarity and material warmth to this Bromley property — a renovation and extension that reworks the ground floor plan to create a home that flows properly from front to back, with a new rear volume that connects the interior directly to the garden.
Rose Hip Yard: A Contemporary Development of Three Diamond-Shaped Homes on a Former Storage Yard.
On a former storage yard in Balham, three diamond-shaped homes now occupy a site that most developers would have approached very differently. Rose Hip Yard is a small residential development that prioritises architectural ambition over formula — three distinct, precisely designed houses that prove what's possible when you refuse to default to the obvious.
St. John: An Interior Architect's Conversion of a Former Ambulance Station in Rye, East Sussex
When interior architect Marta Nowicka purchased a derelict St. John Ambulance station in the heart of medieval Rye in 2014, it had stood empty for two years. What followed was a deeply considered conversion — a home clad in locally sourced pan tiles, planned around a central hearth in the tradition of the medieval hall, and filled with details made by hand from the landscape around it. This is the story of how a forgotten building became one of East Sussex's most remarkable homes.
Carysfort Road: A Modern North London Renovation & Extension by Moxy & Co Architects.
Architects Moxy & Co Architects brought a precise, contemporary sensibility to this Stoke Newington terrace — a renovation and extension that doesn't try to mimic the existing Victorian fabric, but instead creates a clear and confident dialogue between old and new. The outcome is a home that feels both rooted and thoroughly modern.
Lothair Road: A Full Restoration and Extension to this Victorian Property Located in Finsbury Park, North London.
A full restoration and contemporary extension to a Victorian terrace in Finsbury Park — Lothair Road is the kind of project that rewards the discipline of doing things properly. Every original detail that could be salvaged was, and the new rear addition provides the additional space the house always needed, without compromising what made it worth restoring in the first place.
The Warehouse: A 19th-Century Converted Edwardian Warehouse in the Heart of Central London.
Interior architect Marta Nowicka transformed a 19th-century Edwardian warehouse in the heart of Clerkenwell into one of London's most compelling residential conversions — a home where the industrial bones of the building are not just preserved but celebrated, with exposed brick, original timber, and double-height volumes that no conventional property could replicate.